The German chancellor, who defied calls to step aside after his government fell apart, is down in the polls but insisting he ...

Friedrich Merz has criticized Olaf Scholz on the economy, but experts question if a government led by the Christian ...

Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union is favored to replace Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party as ...

The margin of error for individual polls is estimated from the poll’s sample size and the number of eligible German voters ...

Europe must ensure that Ukraine remains capable of defending itself even after a ceasefire, which remains a far-off prospect, ...

Four candidates are bidding to be Germany’s next leader in Sunday’s election. The would-be chancellors are the incumbent, the ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to see a strong and sovereign Europe, he said on Monday, ahead of hastily arranged talks ...

We are now a few days away from the German general election (February 23), which is becoming even more significant in the ...

As Sunday’s snap federal election nears, political parties are intensifying their efforts in the final stretch to drum up ...

This important election has galvanised voters, and campaigning resumed on Saturday evening with a final discussion on ...

Scholz, the 66-year-old incumbent chancellor, is facing an uphill struggle for re-election as his Social Democratic Party ...

Germany holds elections on Sunday after its three-party "traffic light" coalition collapsed last year and could soon have a "black-red" government while a "Jamaica" or "blackberry" alliance is less ...